Job Opportunities

Rio Grande Return is hiring seasonals for our Restoration Crew for the 2025 season!  This is an exciting opportunity to participate in our low tech, process-based restoration work in the Upper Rio Grande Watershed and beyond. The position will run from the beginning of May until the late fall, with potential opportunities extending into the winter. Start and end dates are flexible. Crews perform a variety of jobs, including construction of upland and in-stream restoration structures, fence construction, willow planting.  Project locations range across watersheds in Northern New Mexico.

Crews mostly work four, 10 hour days a week, camping on the project site Mon-Thurs. We also may have several 8 on, 6 off hitches scheduled this season.  Seasonal housing is not provided and crew members will need reliable transportation. Compensation is $22 – $26 per hour depending on experience. We are seeking individuals who find their purpose in working hard to improve our land and water resources.  The ideal applicant will be eager to learn and comfortable camping and working in remote field locations. Other desired qualifications include:

• Experience working in the outdoors
• Experience with hand tools, chainsaws, and/or heavy equipment
• Education or past work experience in a natural resource field, particularly low-tech, process-based restoration.
• Knowledge of botany, hydrology, geomorphology

Please contact Reid Whittlesey at reid@riograndereturn.org  and include a resume or summary of relevant experience and a brief statement explaining why you are interested in this position!